Fish in the pond and birds in the cage

Fish in the pond and birds in the cage

A Chinese idiom, CH í y ú L ó ngni ǎ o, means fish in a pond and birds in a cage. It refers to a person who is bound and loses his freedom. It comes from Qiu Xing Fu by Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"It's like a fish in a pond and a bird in a cage," says Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty

Idiom usage

A person who is not free is now in the state of a fish in a pond and a bird in a cage.